After San Bernardino shooting, Muslim women in hijab getting 'comments, looks and whispers'

A woman adjusts her hijab, a head covering worn by female observant Muslims. After last week's mass shooting in San Bernardino, photos of female shooter Tashfeel Malik wearing hijab have ... “She said, ‘Why are you …

"You can't really understand or judge a person and their beliefs until you understand why they ... in Her Hijab" event Wednesday, hosted by the 10-member organization, was designed to allow non-Muslim female …

Daily Herald •
13 months ago

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20151210/news/151219957/

The Tainted Veil’: Muslim Women Confront the Power and Legacy of the Hijab

Forget the misinformed pundits on TV. In a new documentary, Muslim women explain their faith and why they wear the hijab. As pundits who have little actual understanding or experience with Islam politicize the religion …

Muslim women in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, have launched a campaign to encourage non-Muslims to become familiar with the hijab and why they wear it. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association introduced …

Risks of backlash must also factor in the re-think on terror strategies about women, not least to avoid the public harassment of Muslim women wearing hijab in the West that follows ISIS-related attacks. The answer …

Time •
2 years ago

http://time.com/4138377/women-in-isis/

'I don't want to be treated by someone in a hijab' - Patient refuses care from two Muslim doctors

The woman turned down treatment from a female consultant who was wearing a hijab ... the Muslim Association of Ireland said she feared that acts carried out by groups like Isis or Isil were turning people against all …

She felt judged by some members of the Muslim community ... she decided she’ll go back to wearing the hijab after she finishes university. “The scarf, it looks so simple,” she said. “But it does a lot of things to the woman.”

In an interview with The Christian Post on Monday, Eagan explained why she decided to wear the traditional head covering — worn in public by women of some Muslim sects ... CP: What inspired you to wear a hijab during lent? Jessey Eagan: About seven ...

their accomplishment is forcing women to wear hijab through whatever ways, either through mental pressure or emotional pressure. From my interviews they have not managed to educate the Muslim women about why they should cover up. [The women] …

But even as he said that “Muslim Americans are our friends and our neighbors,” the president also stressed that Muslim leaders must “unequivocally ... off the hijab,” he said, referring to the head coverings that some Muslim women wear.